Monday, December 6, 2010

Making new holiday traditions?

Well, the weather has been absolutely gorgeous here next to the Aegean Sea. How can it possibly be December without a snow flake in sight or an obnoxious/fabulous scene of consumerism? Merry Christmas anyone?

How do you celebrate holidays in a country that doesn't celebrate the ones that are dear to your heart?

This will be my first Christmas away from my family in 31 years but it will be my first with my hubby, second with our baby girl and first together as a little family...

How can I bring Santa to Turkey? How can I get my husband who has never celebrated this before and has no idea the colossal scale of it stateside/ familyside into it?

Where is my father to go chop down the tree?

Well I'm starting out by decorating our cafe...

Since everywhere you look there is green popping up all around. The vibrancy of new green, new growth(filiz) is gorgeous. There are many of the green trimmings around the neighborhood that my mother would get from my auntie working at the greenhouse to decorate with; huge pepper berry trees, vines, different types of pines. So I will start there...I love gathering, scavenging...

There are lots of pines cones to work with too, fabulous ones of different shapes and sizes... and there is my best little helper, who needs rudolph:)

4 comments:

Bodhi and I have been working on holiday decorations and having a blast!! I will email you some of the things we did.. Im so bummed you cant see Blogger... What about Wordpress? Can you tumble your IP??

I can relate to this so much! It'll be my third Christmas not going home, and last year was really tough. I kinda overdid it last year, too - Christmas dinner, homemade egg nog, real tree. None of it felt forced, and it was lovely, but I really burned out afterwards. This year will be more simple, and the kids are older, so it's exciting for them to count down the days. Wishing you a wonderful holiday.

About Me

I'm a Minnesota, USA native who developed wanderlust early on. After a 6 year joy ride through San Diego, California I found myself in this foreign land. My temporary infatuation with Turkey and with one Turk in particular has lead to my perpetual connection to Ohhh sweet Turkey. Traveling and making things are my own private heaven. I love observing and commenting on life's precious adventures. We just had baby girl and I think this will be one of the greatest adventures of all!